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Two class actions over Victoria's botched handling of the COVID-19 hotel quarantine program alleged to be responsible for the state's second pandemic wave plead a novel duty of care that doesn't exist, a court has heard.
The Victorian government will argue for summary dismissal of two class actions filed over the bungled COVID-19 hotel quarantine program said to be responsible for the state's second pandemic wave last year.
A judge has ruled the former head of Titan Industries must provide evidence in the class action trial over the Rudd Government's cancellation of a program that subsidised home insulation installations, saying there was no proof his testimony could be used to bring a criminal case or reopen a coronial inquest into the death of a Titan contractor.
The government has won court approval to amend its defence mid-trial in a class action brought by businesses alleging they were harmed when the Rudd Government cancelled a program that subsidised home insulation installations during the economic downturn.